7/20-Great Day!!

Cedar Point, 7/20:

Weather: Great weather! The temperature was in the lower 70's, low winds, and lots of sunshine!

Our Day: So my sister, my friend, and me decide to take a trip out to Cedar Point (this is my second trip this season) and we were sure glad we did it. So we get into the park and go straight to MF, it was about a 30 minute wait, and we of course had a great ride as always. Next up, was Mean Streak, pretty much a walk on, like a two train wait I think it was, but remember it was like 11 AM so of course there will be no line then at Mean Streak. It was an ok ride, pretty rough though, oh yeah and that gum post is gross, they need to clean that off, I saw Raptor's was gone so why not clean off MS's? Oh, well only one gum post in the park. So after Mean Streak we were hungry so we have a pretty early lunch, we ate at The Roundup, it was actually really good, I had fries and Chicken Fingers, so after that we get in line for Maverick, it was about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and of course it was a great ride, second time riding it and no mist or firehose, but had the waterbombs, oh yeah and that little fountain looks nice under the horseshoe rolls. So after Maverick we hit up Thunder Canyon, no wait, pretty much a walk on, it was fun and I got pretty drenched. After that my friend wanted to ride Skyhawk so he goes on that, while my sister and I ride Mine Ride, it was perfect we walked out of the exits at the same time, Mine Ride was about a ten minute wait, it was an ok ride as always. Next up, we go to Gemini, about a 2 train wait, and it was fun and a little rough, we rode the blue train and lost at the very end. Next was Magnum, about a 30 minute wait with a 3 train operation, fun ride as always. Next up was the SkyRide and we took that up to Disaster Transport, it was about a 40 minute wait, now I haven't ridden this in years and after hearing all the bad reviews I was pleasently surprised. People say the theming is bad? I thought it was pretty good throughout the whole line and throughout the ride, and I liked how they were selling 3D glasses when getting in line. The ride was more fun than expected that's for sure. Next up was Chaos which of course I did not ride, I sat out and man I couldn't even watch that thing, it made me sick just looking at it! But while I was sitting there, I started watching WT and I noticed this thing shakes a ton at the top! Kind of scary. So then we walked over to Iron Dragon, it was about a 10 minute wait and it was fun as always. Then we went to Macoroni Grille after that for dinner and it was great! I got a pizza and it was yummy! So after dinner, we get in line for Raptor and it was an hour wait, good ride. Next we went to Dragster to see how the wait was, it was an hour and 1/4 and I wanted to ride but no one else wanted to wait, so we never ended up riding.:( So then we decide to ride Magnum again, pretty much same wait and I forgot to mention before, the station was not a mess!! Good ride again. Next we went on PaddleWheel and it was fun and relaxing, it actually had a pretty long line, so then we went to the SkyRide and took it to the front and left. Overall we had a great day! I love how the park is always so clean and well kept, I liked the Maverick flowers. The bathrooms were clean too, which a lot of people like to complain about. Well, this was my last trip until next year.:( Thanks for reading!!

Sounds like you had a good time. Me and my family are going up there next sunday thru thursday. We can't wait. My eleven year old daughter has never been. I hope it won't be really crowded, we avoided booking the weekend so I hope the lines won't be bad. Do you have any pointers on what to ride first. We will be going to cp everyday. Does it really make a difference if we go at 9am. (1 hour before the park opens) We want to go early,so does it pay off? We also will be going to Soak city and Casaway bay. Any input there? Thanks.

Well, I have never been to Castaway Bay and I haven't been to Soak city in a while, but Soak City does still look really fun from Magnum. But anyways I would go to MF first if you are entering from the front, do not go to Raptor first, because that's where everyone goes first.

If you are getting the early entry, go in the breakers entrance and run over to maverick to avoid the long lines, then hit up millenium force. you will have minimal waits.

To cedar Point lover:

You have 5 days at the park. 5 DAYS. For gods sake, take your time.

Darn skippy it was a great day!! It was my B-Day!!!!

Happy Birthday by the way Marc!! I was trying to get your attention to mouth "happy birthday" when Mark and I were in Mavericks queue house but you were busy talking..........no biggie though.:)

Weird Question to ask. Has anyone here lost a eye contact(s) on TTD? Just wandering since I started wearing them about 4 mo ago.

Wandering is bad. Its how you get lost.

I haven't, but I always wear sunglasses.

^^I have never lost my contacts on any coaster at Cedar Point. However, I would still bring an extra pair along just in case.

I love Sunday's at the park. The crowds seem to thin out around 7:00pm, and you can get on rides pretty quickly. A lot of walk on's, and even very short lines for MF,and TTD.

The other great thing is ERT. If you get that your set for riding Mavrick before the crouds hit. If your there for 5 day's, I would pick your Favorite ride and hit it every morning early. Get as many rides on it as you can before the lines get long.

Have a fun time. I wish I could go:(

I have been on TTD 3 times with contacts and they haven't come out. For early entry go in the Soak City entrance (get there ~8:30am) and run to Maverick right at 9am. It will be the shortest wait of the whole day (hopefully under 45 minutes). Personally I would enter over at the Marina Entrance for early entry one day and do a MF marathon. I bet you could get 4 or 5 rides in during that hour. Enjoy your 5 day trip!